Trump / Musk (other than DOGE)

[BillOfRights]

 

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My FIL was an early Tesla believer. He swallowed the sales pitch that Elon was pushing at the start about someone needing to push the paradigm to get the world off fossil fuels, that selling the Roadsters and the Model S would finance the affordable car that would eliminate gas cars, that other manufacturers would be force to jump on the bandwagon or go extinct. He was dying of liver cancer and still bought a Model S that he wasn't even able to drive. He luckily got a liver transplant and was eventually able to drive the vehicle, rather than having a very expensive garage ornament. He would go on long road trips before the Model 3 came out and loved to talk to other Model S owners and the curious public about the then rarity. He also bought stock fairly early on.

My wife is glad he died before the total heel turn by Elon. We haven't been able to convince my MIL to sell his beloved car yet, but we did get her to unload the Tesla stock last week before it crashed, so semi-win.

 

[DiehardHeelFan]

Trump’s buying a Tesla, surely that will address the company’s current image problem.

Illegally boycotting?

 

[sringwal]

And collusively!

 

[mpaer]

And collusively!

Free market . Should we be required to buy stuff that benefits a person we think is destroying our nation ?

 

[sringwal]

Free market . Should we be required to buy stuff that benefits a person we think is destroying our nation ?

It would be un-American not to!

 

[gtyellowjacket]

Tesla was claiming to be selling two cars per minute at four dealers to claims these...

https://www.carscoops.com/2025/03/tesla-accused-of-gaming-canadas-ev-rebate-program-after-4-stores-sold-2-cars-per-minute-wiping-out-43m-in-grants/

Somebody is going to jail.

 

[Kraftyheel89]

I saw news about Trump's silly Twit storm above. He actually called a consumer boycott of Tesla vehicles illegal. Nothing illegal about it. Yet all of Trump's illegal activities were "witch hunts." Bizarro World with MAGA!

 

[mpaer]

MSN

 

[aGDevil2k]

Was the election stolen??

 

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[finesse]

It's what you do when you're the hired help.

 

[Calheel]

I swear that this whole effort by liberals to stop buying Teslas and by conservatives to start driving Teslas reminds me of this Dr. Seuss book

 

[altmin]

I swear that this whole effort by liberals to stop buying Teslas and by conservatives to start driving Teslas reminds me of this Dr. Seuss book

They all had stars upon thars

 

[Wheels81]

 

[aGDevil2k]

I believe musk rigged the election

 

[Unc12003]

I believe musk rigged the election

Same

 

[Healing]

I believe musk rigged the election

I'm now in this boat as well, while concurrently realizing conspiracy theory is a product of having limited agency, and seldom comports with reality.

 

[1moretimeagain]

Apparently Hannity has also purchased a Tesla and is promoting the car to his audience.

 

[Calheel]

I believe musk rigged the election

Musk is an technological idiot. He knows almost nothing about programming.

And yet you think he could single-handedly rig elections in seven different states -- all of which use a variety of different voting, tabulation, canvassing, and supervision methods? How could you -- presumably a graduate of a top 10 university -- possibly believe something so abjectly stupid?